Raid 0, what u use it for?

[SoMBrA]

Hello guys!

I was wondering what for you use raid 0 setups.
Im currently going for a raptor for my SO and i have aswell a RAID 0 but im not taking much profit of it...

Thanks in advance

 

[hawkspur]

RAID 0 is to increase hard drive performance. Access times, write speeds etc.

 

[Maximus_Delta]

I have 3 x 320GB drives with 2 operating in RAID 0 for the performance boost.

The 3rd drive is for back-up of critical data on the RAID 0 and reserve storage.

 

[Hatman]

For games/apps/storing large amounts of data.

OS and other perm things like antivirus on raptor ftw!

 

[SoMBrA]

Thanks everyone, i thought that game/app would work better at the raptor because of the better access time.

So you guys recommend game/apps at the raid 0 instead?

 

[Maximus_Delta]

Try getting a utility like HD Tune and compare the performance of your Raptor with the RAID 0 you have.

Access time is only part of the picture and when loading several hundred megabytes of game data outright transfer rates make the most difference.

 

[SoMBrA]

Thanks to pointing that out Maximus_Delta and Hatman (about apps, games, large amount of data would fit better at raid 0).

My setup would remain like these then:

1x Raptor for OS
1x RAID 0 (2x7200.10) for game/apps/etc
1x 7200.11 for important data (isolated from RAID 0 just in case )

I guess its ok?